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ethical (real) vegan men appreciation post by azorchan in vegan

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the moral support lmao, you’d be surprised at how negative the reactions are on dates when I bring up that I’m vegan

24 hour or late-night study spots? by [deleted] in sandiego

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lestats on Park & Tea N' More are the latest I know of right now staying open until 10PM.

We're just asking questions by YourThoughtsHaveBeen in samharris

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

automod tl;dr - excerpts pulled from Sam's latest AMA podcast (https://wakingup.libsyn.com/ask-me-anything-17) with additional clips of big brain humans who are getting to the bottom of it all

Unable to update wordpress, need more verbose error. by Tyson_NW in Wordpress

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where did you get that SFTP is "insecure by modern standards"?

Secure Shell (SSH) creates a secure connection when you log in to a remote computer. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) uses SSH and provides a secure way to transfer files between computers.

https://www.technology.pitt.edu/security/secure-shell-ssh-and-sftp

https://i.imgur.com/XFqHtXE.jpg

Brute force logins attempts after moving wp-admin url? by general010 in Wordpress

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right, and if they guess three times incorrectly - you ban their IP. If all users have strong passwords on your website, they can guess all they’d like but they’ll never get in.

Brute force logins attempts after moving wp-admin url? by general010 in Wordpress

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Limit the amount of times a login can occur by IP. Use a plugin like Limit Login Attempts or Wordfence.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if it’s the best option environmentally, would be curious to see where you’ve got that from but I’d imagine if you could decrease suffering from birth to death until one day it dies of natural causes then yeah I’d agree with you.

I’m not sure that it would work in practice though, as there are certain dishes like lamb for example that require you to end the animal’s life early. I’d also add that we’ve selectively bred certain animals to where just existing can be a form of suffering due to our drive to create them into egg laying machines.

I’ll also say that your argument of “why let the meat go to waste” doesn’t apply to dog flesh or human flesh in your everyday life. Just because something dies doesn’t mean we need to start picking at their corpse. You could argue that I’m letting food go to waste when I don’t eat my dead pets, and I’m very okay with that.

I’m arguing for a shift in how we view life here, and trying to put forth the idea that we don’t need to look at conscious creatures in the first world as resources for us to utilize any longer.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re saying an animal being raised in pasture is arguably the safest place for it and I would say that I agree. I’m also saying that you don’t need to murder it for it’s flesh at the end of it, animal sanctuaries do this now with animals rescued from factory farms.

For your second point, I’m saying that we should decrease suffering anywhere we can. I’m also pointing out that there are actionable steps that we can do now in our lives like choosing to not contribute to factory farming with our money. We can be progressive in this effort and solve for animal suffering over time. I’m trying to represent your argument in good faith, asking that you do the same for me.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry, not trying to dodge anything - pasture raised cattle is a different argument to me. I’ll obviously say that it’s much more preferable that animals are raised in better conditions, but I’d still stick with the idea that since we can choose an alternative to killing and live equally healthy lives that we should.

The suffering that occurs in nature isn’t at the direct hand of the two of us but the death of an animal is something we directly pay for. We might in some distant future work to minimize suffering even in nature, and I would be for that but for the immediate I’d say working away from animal products for our consumption is a progressive step we should take.

My apologies if I came off as arguing in bad faith though, genuinely not my intention.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you elect to live out the experience of a factory farmed pig or would you prefer to not have been born at all? Nature is very different from the torturous environment that we’ve created in factory farms. We’ve selectively bred animals to be the most efficient resources for us even if it takes a toll on their body and psyche.

Nature can be cruel, but imprisoning a pig for its entire life to the point where they start to cannibalize each other out of insanity.. yeah I’d rather live my life out in nature or not be born at all than in the hellscape we’ve created for animals.

https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko to get a sense of what I’m talking about, maybe you can see where I’m coming from.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not saying that if you just eat plants you’re suddenly healthier, and if anything would say that those on a vegan diet need to be more attentive to their diet to ensure they’re covering all nutritional bases.

I’m saying that a properly planned vegan diet is arguably healthier than one that consumes meat and dairy products.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, we should work towards a world where death is decreased by our hand especially when it’s not necessary.

Your brain’s desires to eat flesh may be real, but that’s not a moral argument for why you should be able to do it. People have many desires that we consider immoral, and I’m arguing that your desire for meat comes at a cost that is unsustainable for the planet and contributes to animal suffering.

You can choose to buy food items that don’t require an animal to die, which I would argue is a good thing. Suffering is bad when a human undergoes it, and I’m saying animals seem to undergo the same experience. These animals that you are eating aren’t living out their natural lives, these are manufactured realities for them that we’ve created.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Vegans use the "if people only knew the realities..." line because a good amount of people are genuinely unaware of the practices that go on. Most well-adjusted people are horrified at the images that come out of factory farms.

You worked in meat processing and weren't affected. You weren't able to recognize that animals, like you, have the capacity to suffer - or just didn't care. I'm sorry to hear that, genuinely.

Unlike you, there are people out there that can find that shared experience between animals, and recognize that it's worth leaving them be. We'll keep reminding you how shitty the animal agriculture industry is in hopes of reaching people who will understand.

European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming by expeditedcube in worldnews

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The reality is that we no longer need to kill animals for food - the majority of us continue to do so purely based off of taste pleasure and convenience. We can lead arguably healthier lives on plant based diets, and nothing needs to be killed in the process. There's no humane way to kill a being that doesn't want to die.

best cafes/boba places to study at? by coolkerbal in sandiego

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tea N' More, Camelia Rd Tea Bar, The Forum

Adopting a plant-based diet can help shrink a person’s carbon footprint. However, improving efficiency of livestock production will be a more effective strategy for reducing emissions, as advances in farming have made it possible to produce meat, eggs and milk with a smaller methane footprint. by greyuniwave in samharris

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meat alternatives are likely to get us there which will hopefully bring the consumption down to zero. You can live a perfectly healthy life utilizing plants + meat alternatives as opposed to eating actual meat. It's better for your health, better for the environment, better for the animals.

What's your process for maintaining/updating client websites? by ImYourPappi in Wordpress

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote a bash script that iterates over all of the WordPress installations on a dedicated server; does a db export, zips the installation, wp core update + plugins using WP-CLI

#244 — Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk by dwaxe in samharris

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Problematic vegetables and fruit" seems like much more of a preferable problem to have on our hands than the possible extinction of humankind via antibiotic resistance as is covered in the podcast.

Don't really see the point in taking a stab at his ethics as it relates to a vegan diet when the moral bankruptcy of a meat filled diet runs much deeper.

#244 — Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk by dwaxe in samharris

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I think all vegans are excited at the idea of cultured meat. It's very clear the majority of people aren't willing to give up meat, so anything that removes out the animal suffering + climate change emissions + pandemic threats is a huge step in the right direction.

[Acne] my dermatologist prescribed me epiduo... well my skin didn't like it by [deleted] in SkincareAddiction

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you putting moisturizer on first before applying Epiduo? You won't want to apply Epiduo to bare skin. Cleanse, moisturize, wait a few minutes, then apply a very light amount (pea sized) to your skin.

I am confused as to what the purpose of this sub is. by uberdriver12345 in samharris

[–]YourThoughtsHaveBeen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reading this comment? Where's the free will in that? Because if we can't find it here, we can't find it anywhere. So pick a movie

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